The father and son behind a Palos Park tool company thought Sears Holdings’ Craftsman brand locking wrench looked a lot like their patented Bionic Wrench — in fact, a little too much. A federal jury ...

The Palos Park tool company behind the Bionic Wrench is no longer in line to receive millions of dollars in damages after Sears and its supplier prevailed in a patent lawsuit. A federal jury in ...

The inventor of the two patents-in-suit is Dan Brown, Sr., president and founder of LoggerHead. He also teaches engineering at Northwestern University’s Segal Design Institute. Brown came up with the ...

Why have I never seen his before? It's called the Bionic Wrench, and it's an adjustable wrench that appears to actually work. You've been there. You need to remove a bolt and you're either too lazy or ...

I am always a fan of gadgets that solve a solution for multiple devices and save you carrying around bundles of other gadgets. As long as they do the job well, like the classic Swiss Army Knife. The ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Even the best wrench can sometimes have ...

Gearheads and grease monkeys everywhere are raving about The Bionic Wrench, a tool that grips a nut or bolt on all six sides, giving you leverage and strength you never knew you had. That means you ...